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22 Apr, 2026
67-Year-Old Crimean blacksmith Oleg Prikhodko faces life sentence
Oleg Prikhodko, a 67-year-old blacksmith from Crimea and a veteran of the Maidan protests, is facing the prospect of life imprisonment.
21 Apr, 2026
Crimean Tatar activist Tofig Abdulgaziev faces ‘contempt of court’ charge after hearing on release on health grounds
A new criminal case has been opened against Tofig Abdulgaziev, a terminally ill Crimean Tatar activist, following a court hearing intended to consider his release on compassionate grounds.
21 Apr, 2026
Politically Motivated Prosecutions in Q1 2026
While the first quarter of 2026 saw a marginal decline in newly documented cases of politically motivated persecution, the reality is far from a reprieve
21 Apr, 2026
Mediazona
The 225 donor cases. Russian authorities continue to prosecute donors to Navalny’s Anti‑Corruption Foundation across the country
At least 225 criminal cases had been opened across Russia over donations to Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (ACF) made after it was banned as “extremist” in August 2021
21 Apr, 2026
New details emerge in death of preacher Khristolyub Vegan: Found hanged in cell with ‘broken’ CCTV
Khristolyub Vegan was found hanged in a punishment isolation cell (SHIZO), according to the official account provided to his father.
20 Apr, 2026
Five years for advising the FSB on how to bomb the Crimean Bridge, 13 years for mother’s correspondence with her son, and 16 for assisting Ukrainian forces
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
17 Apr, 2026
Christian preacher and blogger Khristolyub Vegan dies in Voronezh penal colony
Christian preacher and blogger Khristolyub Vegan has died in a penal colony in Voronezh.
17 Apr, 2026
Novaya gazeta
Artist Liudmila Razumova fears for her life in Russian remand centre
Politprisoner Liudmila Razumova is reportedly in fear for her life following an escalation of hostilities at a remand centre in Tver.
15 Apr, 2026
First Department: Putin issues official authorisation for extrajudicial detention of those ‘opposing the Special Military Operation’
A formal directive issued by Vladimir Putin on 8 March 2022 mandates the ‘organisation of the reception and accommodation of persons obstructing the Special Military Operation’.
14 Apr, 2026
An artist from Komsomolsk-on-Amur who was arrested over a comment died by suicide in a pre-trial detention center
Andrey Akuzin, a 53-year-old artist and set designer, has died by suicide in a pre-trial detention centre in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.
14 Apr, 2026
The Insider
More than 2,200 Ukrainian citizens have been charged in Russia under terrorism and extremism statutes — fewer than 1% have been exchanged
As of mid-March 2026, Russia has charged at least 2,278 Ukrainian citizens under terrorism and extremism statutes
13 Apr, 2026
Political prisoner Alexander Shestun declares dry hunger strike after escalating protest in detention
Political prisoner Alexander Shestun, currently held at a prison hospital in Torzhok in Russia’s Tver region, formally declared a dry hunger strike on 8 April.
13 Apr, 2026
Cases against Melitopol journalists, a monk’s sentence, and prosecutions over alleged links to the ‘Freedom of Russia’ Legion
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
10 Apr, 2026
Mediazona
Court in occupied Zaporizhzhia sentences two women to 12 and 13 years over donations to Ukrainian forces
A court in Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia has sentenced two women to lengthy prison terms for transferring funds to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10 Apr, 2026
Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin remanded in custody over alleged misuse of personal data
A Moscow court has ordered the pre-trial detention of Oleg Roldugin, executive editor of Novaya Gazeta, in a case concerning the alleged illegal use and transfer of personal data, according to Mediazona
10 Apr, 2026
Kherson resident, 55, jailed for 12 years on treason charges
A Russian-installed court has sentenced Natalia Povetkina, a 55-year-old resident of the Kherson region, to 12 years.
09 Apr, 2026
A 65-year-old journalist was arrested in Chita on charges of treason
Authorities in Chita have taken a 65-year-old journalist Alexander Andreev into custody on charges of treason.
09 Apr, 2026
The Norwegian Nobel Committee condemned the attempt to criminalize Memorial
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has called on the Russian authorities to withdraw their claim to designate Memorial as an extremist organisation.
08 Apr, 2026
Activists in ‘Vesna’ case handed prison terms of up to 12 years for ‘extremism’
Several defendants in the ‘Vesna’ case have been sentenced to between six and twelve years in prison.
08 Apr, 2026
Indigenous rights defender remanded in custody in case linked to banned ‘Aborigen Forum’
A second arrest has been confirmed in the ‘Aborigen Forum’ case. Natalya Leongardt, a specialist in the rights of Russia’s indigenous peoples of the North, was detained on 17 December 2025.
03 Apr, 2026
From forced psychiatric treatment to long prison terms: new political prisoners
Among those recognised as political prisoners are individuals sentenced to lengthy prison terms, or subjected to compulsory psychiatric treatment, for comments, small financial transfers, or alleged links to Ukrainian units
27 Mar, 2026
Repressions for alleged assistance to Ukrainian intelligence, sentences for public statements, and prosecutions over calls to release prisoners
Read our overview of these and other cases of political prisoners we have recognised this week
20 Mar, 2026
From an electromechanic to a nuclear physicist: new political prisoners named this week
Among those recognised as political prisoners are a disparate group of individuals: from a metallurgist and an electromechanic prosecuted under terrorism charges to a nuclear physicist and a regional official accused of financing Ukraine’s armed forces.
18 Mar, 2026
Political Prisoner Vladimir Osipov Dies in Ukhta Detention Centre
Vladimir Osipov, sentenced to six and a half years in a penal colony, has died in the Ukhta pre-trial detention centre.
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